Writing and PublishingWith Jacqui Sharp

http://www.wordle.net/create • Highlight all the text in your story

by pressing Command-A (Select All)

• Copy it by pressing Command-C• Click on

http://www.wordle.net/create • Click in the box that says Paste a

bunch of text• Press Command-V• Click Go• Take a screen capture and paste

intoyour Wikipage or into Pages• Analyse your story for words that

you have used too many times

Wordle

Screen Capture• Press Shift - Command – 4• Your mouse will turn into a cross with a circle behind it• Click and drag around what you want to capture• It will then go to your desktop• It will be called Picture 1 (or 2 or 3…)• Rename the Picture file by clicking once on the name• Then click again• (Don’t double click, it will just open the picture)• Type your new name in

Borders in Pages•Highlight all of your text•Click on the Inspector button•Click on the T button •Click on the More button•Click on the Line drop down and

select a line•Choose the border button•Change colour•Change border thickness•Change the size of the border

Borders and Shapes•Click on the Shape button•Choose a shape suitable for a border•Click on the Inspector button•Click on the Wrap Inspector button•Click on the ‘In the Background’•Click and drag the shape to fill the whole page•Change the colour by clicking on the Graphic

Inspector

Change colours•Change the colour of the shape by clicking

on the Graphic Inspector •Click on the Colour box and select

a colour•Or click on the Colour Fill dropdown and choose a

Gradient Fill•Select a second colour and adjust

the Angles

Change the thickness of the border•Under stroke, change colour of

border by clicking on the Colourbox select a colour

•Change the thickness by clicking on the arrows•Add a shadow by clicking in the tick

box next to Shadow•Change colour or angle•Add a Reflection

Make a frame in pages

•Click on the Shape button•Choose a shape suitable for a border•Click on the Inspector button•Click on the Wrap Inspector button•Click on the ‘In the Background’•Click on the Line dropdown menu and

select Picture Frame•Click on the Colour box drop down arrow and

select a frame

• Go to File-Export• Click Next • Click Export• Go to http://www.slideshare.net/• Click Login• Type in User Name and Password, click Login• Click Upload• Click Browse and Select Files• Find your file, click Upload• Click Publish• It may take a while, click on My Slidespace•When you see it, click on the document

Upload Pages to Slideshare•Click on Custom•Click once in the box

under ‘Without Related Presentations’•Press Command-C•Go to your Wikispaces page•Click on Edit •Click on the Embed Widget button•Click on Other HTML•Press Command-V•Click Save•Click Save